Terry (Ha-ne-ga-noh), an enrolled member of the Seneca Nation received his masters degree in social work from Portland State University in Portland, OR. He is the founding executive director of NICWA, and now serves as the Senior Advisor. He is the author of POSITIVE INDIAN PARENTING and co-authored TOWARDS A CULTURALLY COMPETENT SYSTEM OF CARE, published by Georgetown University. He has 40 years of experience in child welfare, including 10 years of direct practice.

This seminar will examine the intersection between the linear worldview of Western medicine and the relational worldview of Indigenous populations, and suggest a strategy for uniting these worldviews for a dynamic and powerful approach to resolving difficult health disparities.